horrisonous

English

Etymology

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

Adjective

horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)

1. (obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
   • 1631, Celestina:

     Words of most horrisonous roaring.

Synonyms

• cacophonous
• horrisonant

References

• “horrisonous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.